The second in Erik Veldkamp’s Jazz History Transcription Series is here! The History of Rhythm Changes is a survey of the rhythmic development of jazz improvisation on the trumpet through a collection of 30 note-for-note transcriptions that span 80 years from Louis Armstrong’s I Got Rhythm to Wynton Marsalis’ Perdido. This collection progresses from early jazz beginning with Armstrong, then moving through Buck Clayton, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Blue Mitchell, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Tom Harrell, Wynton Marsalis, and many more. (See the full song list below).

To to be a well-rounded jazz player, we strongly believe you have to dive into the recorded history of the style, emulate the greatest players of all time, and begin to find your own voice through improvisation and experimentation. This nearly 120-page collection gives you just the opportunity to dig deep and explore one of the most important art forms in the history of American Music.

To the left I have dropped in some samples, below there is some audio for reference, and full demo recordings are included to accompany your purchase.

Books in this Series

1. The History of the Blues
2. The History of Rhythm Changes
3. The History of Miles Davis

Listen to Dizzy Gillespie Anthropology 1946

Listen to Miles Davis Sextet – The Serpent’s Tooth 1964

Listen to Wynton Marsalis – Perdido 1999

Song List

1. 1938 Louis Armstrong – I Got Rhythm
2. 1944 Buck Clayton – I Got Rhythm
3. 1945 Dizzy Gillespie – Dizzy Atmosphere
4. 1945 Dizzy Gillespie – Shaw ‘Nuff
5. 1946 Dizzy Gillespie – Anthropology
6. 1946 Fats Navarro & Kenny Dorham – Boppin’ A Riff
7. 1947 Miles Davis – Dexterity
8. 1947 Howard McGhee – Dorothy
9. 1948 Fats Navarro – Anthropology
10. 1948 Fats Navarro – Move
11. 1949 Kenny Dorham – Passport
12. 1951 Roy Eldridge – Roy’s Got Rhythm
13. 1953 Clifford Brown – Brownie Speaks
14. 1953 Clifford Brown – Turnpike
15. 1956 Miles Davis – Oleo
16. 1958 Clark Terry – Perdido (Ellington’s Spacemen)
17. 1959 Clark Terry – Perdido (Ellington Festival Session)
18. 1960 Lee Morgan – The Theme
19. 1964 Blue Mitchell – Fungii Mama
20. 1964 Miles Davis – The Serpent’s Tooth
21. 1966 Clark terry – Haig and Haig
22. 1970 Snooky Young – Tip Toe
23. 1976 Freddie Hubbard – Moose The Mooche
24. 1976 Harry “Sweets” Edison – Lester Leaps In
25. 1987 Woody Shaw & Freddie Hubbard – The Eternal Triangle
26. 1991 Tom Harrell – Rhythm-a-ning
27. 1992 Tom Harrell & John Swana – Oleo
28. 1999 Wynton Marsalis – Perdido
29. 2002 Fabrizio Bosso – I Got Rhythm
30. 2011 John Swana plays Rhythm Changes (on EVI)